Category: Genealogical Research

On my TravelGenee blog I share my family history and my travels researching and learning about family history. The Genealogical Research category covers any blog posts that features family history research. This might include research trips, tips for your research, online places to explore and more.

I write about family history conferences I attend so you can learn from the things I learn.

You will also find my posts for blogging challenges for family history month and others like the A to Z blogging challenge each April.

#GenealogyPhotoADay Day 22 Mother A mother is defined by having a child. Here is Mabel Kate Dawson born 15 March 1881 with her daughter Alexandra Ruby Violet Dawson born 19 October 1903. I was fortunate Read More …

GenealogyPhotoADay Library Being in #saltlakecity for #rootstech automatically makes you think of the Family History Library and yes I visited the Family History Library this week. This photo is a repost of 2013 at the Read More …

Why share a story? Here is another review of a talk at the Footsteps in Time Conference: Being interested in how societies and individuals can use modern technologies to promote, share and research family history Read More …

What you can learn at a family history conference At conferences it can be worthwhile to attend a talk that you think will have nothing to do with your research so I attended Martyn Killion’s Read More …

The Prosecution Project Professor Mark Finnane was the opening speaker on Saturday morning. He spoke about the Prosecution Project where he is part of a group digitising and unlocking criminal records. Eventually they plan to Read More …